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Hello there, I'm Alicia McCarthy, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Tuesday the 3rd of February,

where it's announced that Peter Mandelson is to stand down from the House of Lords.

Also on this programme, MPs backed the lifting of the two-child benefit limit.

The government says it's about giving poorer children a genuine shot at life.

So that they can do well at school, stay healthy, and contribute to the country and their community as an adult.

That is harder when children grow up poor.

But the Conservatives reckon the change isn't fair on working people.

The best way out of poverty won't be work, it'll be having babies.

And how even best-selling musicians struggle to make money from touring.

The only reason it's possible for me to keep doing that,

even though I have made of bricks in my catalogue,

is I sell pictures of my bum on the internet.

But first, Lord Mandelson is to step down as a member of the House of Lords

after allegations he passed market-sensitive information

to paedophile financier Geoffrey Epstein.

The new Lord Speaker, Lord Falsthe, made the announcement to peers.

My lords, given the public interest and for the convenience of the House,

I decided to inform the House.

The clerk of the Parliament's has today received notification from Lord Mandelson

of his intention to retire from

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